HR Practices’ Effect on Lecturers’ Job Performance in Nigerian HEIs
Abstract
Substantial numbers of studies have found HR practices be a significant determinant of enhanced job performance, but the effectiveness and success of HR practices is context-dependent, and the numbers of studies conducted on the effect of HR practices on lecturers’ job performance in the Nigerian context are negligible. Therefore, this paper investigates the effects of training & development, compensation, and employee involvement on lecturers’ job performance in the Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs). Data were collected from 702 academics of the North-west Nigerian polytechnics and then analyzed via the partial least squares method (PLS) algorithm and bootstrapping techniques. The overall results indicate that training & development and employee involvement have significant and positive effect on lecturers’ job performance, but compensation does not significantly predict lecturers’ job performance, implying that environment, as postulated by contingency theory, within which organizations operates matters. Hence, future research should endeavor to investigate the boundary condition in the HR practices-performance connection. Implications, limitations, and future research directions were discussed.References
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